Scott Brocato
All Things Considered Anchor and ReporterScott Brocato has been an award-winning radio veteran for over 35 years. Hailing from St. Louis, MO, he has worked in such cities as St. Louis, Atlanta, Las Vegas, and Athens GA as an on-air personality, airborne traffic reporter, newscaster, and program director. He has lived and worked in Las Cruces since 2016, and you can hear him regularly during "All Things Considered from NPR News" from 4 pm-7 pm on weekdays. Off the air, he is also a local actor and musician, and you can catch him rocking the bass with his band Flat Blak on weekends in and around Las Cruces and El Paso.
Email: sbrocato@nmsu.edu
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According to Wallethub.com, the labor force participation rate is slightly above pre-pandemic levels. Why, then, do some employers still have difficulties filling positions, especially in New Mexico, which ranked 4th in the nation of states where employers are struggling the most in hiring? Scott Brocato talked about this with Wallethub analyst, Cassandra Happe.
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The Tour of the Gila returns to Silver City for its 37th year starting Wednesday through this Sunday. Scott Brocato spoke with Jack Brennan, co-director of the Tour of the Gila, about the race and what roads will be impacted each day.
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Dr. Bryce Jorgensen spoke with Scott Brocato about financial matters and answered questions our audience asked during the show.
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“The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy”, opens Friday for a two-weekend run at the Mark and Stephanie Medoff Theatre in the ASNMSU Center for the Arts. Scott Brocato spoke with Lisa Hermanson, NMSU’s assistant professor of theatre and the director of “The Addams Family”, about the musical.
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Larry Groce is the founder, former host, and artistic director of “Mountain Stage”, heard Saturdays at 6pm on KRWG Public Media. He recently spoke with KRWG’s Scott Brocato about the show’s upcoming compilation album, “Live On Mountain Stage: Outlaws and Outliers”, which will be released on April 19th.
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Country music singer and Las Cruces native Bri Bagwell recently won big at the 14th Annual T3R Texas Music and Radio Awards, winning her ninth Female Vocalist of the Year award as well as an award for Music Video of the Year for her single, “Trenches”. Scott Brocato recently spoke with Bri about her recent honors, what she misses most about Las Cruces; and her latest single "The Rescue", inspired by her rescue dog, Whiskey.
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New Mexico State University’s new faculty labor union, NMSU-NEA, celebrated reaching majority support of NMSU faculty, and to call on NMSU administration to voluntarily recognize the union. Scott Brocato has more.
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The New Mexico Energy Minerals and Natural Resources Forestry Division and its fire prevention partners in the southwest kicked off the Southwest Wildfire Awareness Week on Monday. Scott Brocato spoke with George Ducker with the New Mexico Forestry Division about the event, and about several ways to be fire-safe this spring.
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On Tuesday night at 7, Tim Davis, a staff attorney with the non-profit environmental organization WildEarth Guardians, will lead a panel discussion about oil and gas pollution in New Mexico at the Rio Grande theatre in Las Cruces. He spoke with KRWG’s Scott Brocato about the discussion and its issues.
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In her new book ‘’The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church”, NPR political correspondent Sarah McCammon names the massive social movement of people leaving the church. She spoke with Scott Brocato about the book, her own experience growing up as an evangelical, and the appeal that Donald Trump has for today’s evangelicals.